Mail-box.



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MAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1913- Lmgflmj Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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MAIL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1913.

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MAIL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed April 29, 1913. Serial No. 764,387.

lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. This invention relates to mail boxes and has for its object the production of a simple and efiicient mail box which will normally close so as to prevent the weather therein.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

1 This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein 3 Figure l is a front elevation of the mail box. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the mail box. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the mail box. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. '5. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 6-6 of Fig; 4. Fig. 7 is a fragmentarysection taken on line 7-7, of Fig. 1, the treadle member being shown in side elevation.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that l designates the casing of the mail box which is provided with a bottom 2. The

bottom 2 is provided with a circumferential flange 3 which fits snugly in engagement with the sides of the casing 1. A reinforcing band 4 is also placed around the lower edge of the casing 1 as indicated in Fig. 2. A pair of partitions 5 are placed within the body 1 of the box and these partitionsare spaced so as to produce ample room for the operating mechanism for .the top of the box to be hereinafter described. Shield plates 6 are placed in the corners of the box so as to prevent the mail from being congested in the corners thereof and to also facilitate the removal of the mail packages and letters from the box. The casing 1 is provided with mail discharge openings 7 in the sides thereof and these shield plates 6 are placed adjacent the opening 7 to allow the mail to be easily removed from the mail box. Doors 8-normally close the opening 7 and may be held in the closed'position by means of the ordinary locks 9. Shield flanges 10 are placed upon the casing 1 above the doors so as to prevent the rain or moisture passing between the doors and the casing and wetting the articles contained within the box. Securing plates 11 are secured to the flange 3 of the bottom 2, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, and these securing plates are secured to a support, curb-stone, floor, or the like, by means of securing bolts 12.

The casing 1 is divided into a letter compartment 13 and a package compartment 14, and the letter compartment 13 is provided with an upper baffle plate 15 and a lower baffle plate 16 extending in opposite directions from the sides of the compartment 13 so as to prevent the letters, after passing below these plates, from being removed from the box through the letter entrance opening 3 17. The package or article receiving compartment 14 is also provided with baffie plates 18 and 19 which extend opposite to each other so as to prevent access to the bottom of the box should the top be lifted o The casing or box 1 is provided with a circumferential rib 20 formed around the edge thereof and this rib constitutes a rest for the lower beaded edge 21 of the cover 22. This cover 22" is rounded upon the top thereof so as to readily shed the water from the top of the box and the hood is adapted to close the letter and article receiving open.-

ings 17 and 23 respectively. The hood 22 is I end to the laterally extending foot 31 of the treadle member 32. The treadle member 32 Works in a slot 33 formed in the front of the mail box and the treadle member 32 is provided with a projecting foot engaging portion 34: so as to allow the foot of the operator to press upon the treadle member and raise thecover 22 so that the mail packages or letters may be placed through the openings 23 and 17. It, of course, should be understood that as soon as the foot has been released from the treadle member 32, the Weight of the hood 22 will cause the same to fall to its normal position and close the openings 17 and 23. As illustrated in Fig.

6, the treadle member 32 is provided with a narrow neck portion 35 which travels in the slot 33 and the widened body portion of the treadle member 32 constitutes means for holding the treadle member against displacement from the slot-33.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a very simple and efficient device has been produced for operating the hood of the mail box so as to efliciently raise the same to allow articles to be placed within the box and also to allow the hood to automatically return to a closed position as soon as the operating lever has been released.

The casing 1 of the box carries a plurality of overhanging angle plates 36 which normally engage the inner face of the sldes of the hood 22 and the hood 22 is prov ded along the side edges with inwardly pro ecting flanges 37 which flanges constitute means for limiting the upward movement of the hood 22 upon the casing 1.

' Having thus described the invention,what :is claimed as new, is

1. A mail box of the class described comprising a body, said body being provided with a plurality of compartments, a vertically slidable hood mounted upon said body,

said body provided with a plurality of inlet openings in the side thereof ad acent sa1d hood and adapted to be normally closed by means of said hood, and means for raising said hood upon-said body.

2. A mail box of the class described comprising a body, said -body being provided with a plurality of compartments, a vertically slidable hood mounted upon said body, said body provided with a plurality of inlet openings adjacent said hood and adapted to "be. normally closedby means of said hood, a rod connected to said hood, and a foot lever cooperating with said rod for raising said hood upon said body.

3. A'device of the class described comprising a casing, said casing divided into a. plurality of compartments, a vertically slidable hood mounted upon said casing, a bead portion formed upon said casing ad acent the top :thereof, said casing provided with aeplurality of inlet openings, [said hood nor mally closing said inlet openings, means for raising and lowering said hood upon said casing, and means carried by said casing and engaging said hood for limiting the upward movement thereof.

l. A mail box of the class described comprising a casing a hood slidably mounted thereon, means or limiting the downward movement of said hood upon said casing, means for limiting the upward movement of said hood upon said casing, a partition carried by said casing and dividing the same into a plurality of compartments, and an operating rod slidably mounted upon said partition for raising and lowering said hood.

5. A device of the class described comprising a casing provided with a plurality of inlet openings, a vertically slidable hood mounted upon said casing, said casing provided with inlet openings in the side thereof adjacent said hood and adapted to be normally closed thereby, a vertically slidable rod supported within said casing and engaging said hood for preventing the entrance of moisture into the interior of said casing, and a foot treadle cooperating with said rod for raising and lowering said hood upon said casing.

6. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a hood sliably mounted thereon, said casing provided with inlet openings adjacent said hood and adapted to be normally closed thereby, a partition carried by said casing, a vertically slidable rod secured to said hood and working upon said partition, a pulley adjacent said rod, a cable connected to the lower end of said vertically slidable rod, a foot treadle working upon said casing, said cable engaging said foot treadle and adapted to vertically operate the rod as said foot treadle is depressed.

7. A mail box of the class described comprising a casing, provided with a vertically arranged slot, a hood slidably mounted upon said casing, said casing provided with a plurality of mail inlet apertures normally closed by means of said hood, a vertically slidable elevating rod, a partition carried by said casing and supporting said rod, a pulley carried by said partition, a treadle working in said slot and provided with a projecting foot engaging portion, said treadle also provided with a rearwardly extending foot, a cable passing over said pulley and engaging said rearwardly extending foot of said treadle and engaging the lower end of said rod for raising said hood upon said casing as said treadle is depressed.

8. A mail box of the class described comprising a casing provided with a slot formed therein, a hood slidably mounted upon said casing, said casing provided with a plurality of mail inlet apertures normally closed nected to said hood, means for supporting said rod, a pulley supported adjacent said elevating rod a treadle working in said slot and provide with a projecting foot engaging portion, said treadle also provided with a rearwardly extending foot, flexible said rod for raising said hood upon said 10 casing as said treadle is depressed;

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER OVID DELONAIS.

means passing over said pulley and engag- Witnesses: ing said rearwardly extending foot of said E. S. HoToHKIss, treadle and also engaging the lower end of E. M. HUGILL.

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